Sunset & Sunrise Today in Richmond, Indiana

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Richmond at 6:59 PM, having risen at 7:50 AM. That works out to 11h 09m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Richmond, is at 1:25 PM.

Sitting at 39.83° latitude puts Richmond in the mid-latitudes — daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 31 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Richmond move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Richmond runs from about 6:24 PM to 7:17 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:17 PM to 7:27 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Richmond is at 6:58 PM and sunrise at 7:51 AM — about 2m 31s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Richmond drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Richmond, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Richmond ranges from as early as 5:14 PM (around December 2) to as late as 9:11 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 59m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 20m.